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VII. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />The number of City households is expected to increase at approximately <br />100 per year through the next decade. This would correspond to a <br />population increase to approximately 16,000 residents by the year 2000. <br /> <br />The Community's population tends to be young with a small segment of <br />the population being seniors. Thus, the parks needs tend to focus on <br />young children, young adult recreation programs, and family activities. <br /> <br />The two dominating physical amenities in the City are the Rum and <br />Mississippi Rivers. Anoka County has acquired nearly 500 acres of land <br />in two parks, one on each river. The State of Minnesota owns 18 acres <br />with the Wayside Park along the Mississippi. These State and County <br />facilities are and will be oriented towards passive recreation. The City <br />is in the process of developing River's Bend Park (65 acres) along the <br />Rum River with designated areas providing passive and active recreation <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />There are a total of 943 acres of parks and playfields in the City owned <br />by various entities including: <br /> <br />No. of Sites Acreage Owner <br /> <br />2 500 acres <br />1 18 acres <br />1 47 acres <br />34 378 acres <br /> 943 acres <br /> <br />Anoka County <br />State Wayside Park <br />Ramsey Elem. School (Dist. 11) <br />City of Ramsey <br /> <br />The City currently has a total developable parks ratio of 8.06 (100/12.4) <br />acres per 1000 population which is near the minimum range of <br />community park standards. As the population increases, the ratio would <br />be as indicated assuming the following: <br /> <br />Population <br />Park acreage/lO00 pop. <br />Projected surplus or <br /> (deficiency) with 8.2 <br /> acres/lO00 <br /> <br />1990 1995 2000 2010 <br /> <br />12,400 14,600 16,000 19,800 <br />8.06 6.85 6.25 5.05 <br /> <br />(2A) (20A) (31 A) (62A) <br /> <br />Generalized minimum recreation standards do not necessarily reflect local <br />community needs. This is particularly true when one looks at the <br />number of softball and football/soccer fields in the City compared with <br />projected space standards. While it appears that the City has an excess <br />of both types of fields, program demand for these fields is more intense <br />than virtually any other types of facilities. However, by any measure, it <br />is readily apparent that the City is deficient in the number of hard surface <br />courts and trails available to the public. <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br /> <br />